[lug] secure ftp

[Hugh Brown]

Tunnel it over ssh.  So do port forwarding on an nt ssh client.  Doing a
search on port forwarding on google should turn something up.

Hugh

> 
> Is there a way to use ftp between NT and linux that is secure? It is my
> understanding that scp only encrypts the username/password when used
> with NT...the data itself is sent clear. We have an upcoming project
> where the data itself is very sensitive so we need it sent encrypted
> across the net. My other alternative is to have the client install the
> VPN client software but that supporting the VPN connectivity if not
> necessary is something I would rather avoid. Commercial software
> suggestions are fine although I'm open to Open (Source).